The Ubuntu team has released the beta for Ubuntu 7.10, Gutsy Gibbon. Highlights include GNOME 2.20, fancy desktop effects through Compiz Fusion, and more. Kubuntu 7.10 beta has also been released, featuring Dolphin as the default file manager, a restricted drivers manager, and updates and polish across the board.

I did a clean install on my Dell E1505n laptop yesterday. So far, so good. Everything was detected, hardware-wise - except the built-in Winmodem, which I don't use anyway. They even restored the Ctrl-Alt arrow keys for moving between virtual screens, which had been missing from earlier versions.